SUMMER VACATION IDEAS

25 Spectacular Vacations Our Readers Are Taking This Summer

We recently asked our audience on Facebook and Twitter to share their summer vacation plans, and as always, their answers were absolutely inspiring! From the Greek Islands to the Grand Canyon, here's where our readers are heading this summer.

"Road-tripping to New York City, Maine, and Boston. Catching baseball games both in New York and Boston, sightseeing, and going to Old Orchard Beach and Acadia. Plus, it is my plan to eat lobster every single day that we are in Maine!" —Beth O'Hagan Ryan

"Two trips: a birthday trip to Puerto Aventuras, then a graduation trip to London for my daughter." —Deanne King Ramirez

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"10-Year Anniversary trip to New Zealand for 24 days. A road trip across both islands, glacier hike, alpine crossing, and visiting the cities and countryside—the perfect way to celebrate!" —Jill Masse Stokes

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"Headed to Paris with my mom for her first trip abroad at 67! Over the 4th of July weekend, the whole family is heading to Nags Head in the Outer Banks for some beach time and pirate hunting with my 4-year-old." —Susan Walter Glover

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"A 19-day Hawaii vacation. 10 days on Oahu and nine days on Maui. Only four weeks until we go!" —Ohana Travel and Cruise

"I am taking my 13-year-old daughter on a ancestral journey to the UK. We're starting in London, then going up to Scotland (including a road trip through the Highlands), flying over to Belfast, and then driving down to Dublin. We plan to complete our trip with three days in Iceland." —Christina MacDonald Bell

"Headed to Tunisia, Africa, for my sister-in-law's wedding but we are stopping in Amsterdam and Paris first to celebrate my husband just recently getting his U.S. citizenship and passport. Then from the wedding we will head to Prague and begin a career teaching English. Who knows where in the world we will end up after that!" —Samantha Ajroud

"My husband and I usually take trips that involve a lot of planning and preparation, so this time we're staying at our first all-inclusive resort in Riviera Maya. I plan to lie on a beach for a week and have people bring me beverages. Total relaxation!" —Jaimee Wallerius

"My wife and I are taking our soon to be 22-year-old daughter to Las Vegas, Anaheim, Hollywood, and San Diego for two weeks of sightseeing. From there we will go to Seattle and embark on a weeklong cruise to Alaska via the Inside Passage with stops in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, B.C. We depart July 20th from New Brunswick, Canada." —Mike Brown

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"A 25-day European adventure going solo through Madrid, and walking for about five days on the Camino de Santiago. Then to Greece, starting in Kavala to visit my grandmother who lives there, and down to Crete for a few days with a week in Mykonos. My August 16th departure cannot come soon enough!" —Christy Stoeckel

"Two trips: a week in June to Memphis and a week in October to the Grand Canyon. We will be among the few hiking rim to rim with an overnight stay at the canyon bottom at Phantom Ranch." —Bonnie Patterson Davidson

"We're driving to the Outer Banks for a week and renting a pet-friendly house with a beach view. My limit was $2,000 per week and we found it. I would have loved a trip to Europe but that's just not going to cut it with now paying college bills." —Lynn Smith

(Jill Lang / Dreamstime.com)

"Heading to Prague for one week in June, granted my work is taking me there for a two-day conference, but hubby and I will join colleagues and friends for four days of sightseeing. Can't wait! I love my career that takes me somewhere fabulous in Europe every year (and Australia every other year)!" —Tina Oliver Caparella

"An Alaska cruise from Seattle to Victoria, BC, for my mother and me. My mother spent most of her life in warmer countries like the Philippines and the Virgin Islands. How cool is that to take her to Alaska?" —Lyn Cole

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